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1. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010
2. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 2 SUMMARY General overview of the Company PMU
Role and mission
Key facts and figures
PMU’s strategy
PMU International
Betting on French racing
PMU’s partners abroad
Business cases
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PMU is a leisure company whose role is to conceive, market, totalize and promote bets on horse races for the account of French Horseracing Associations. This year, it also diversified its activities into online sports betting and poker.
Through its net result integrally paid to Horseracing Associations, $ 994 million net profit in 2009, PMU funds 80% of the French equine sector:
The French equine sector represents 74,300 direct jobs (+7,7% vs 2008) and 130,000 people in France, notably in rural zones, live thanks to the horse activity.
Renowned Grand Prix (Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Prix d’Amérique, Prix de Diane) and almost 18,200 horse races on 248 racetracks were organised in France in 2009
Role and mission
5. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 5 1st pari-mutuel company in Europe with $ 12.6 billion handle in 2009 and 2nd pari-mutuel company in the world
$ 9.97 million : record winnings on November 3rd, 2008
27 % of the total betting and gambling market in France in terms of gross revenue
Sales network:
11,000 sales outlets under license with other activities (Bar, Tobacco, Press…) using 16,000 terminals
Telephone, Interactive television, Internet, Mobile phone and iPhone
Customers
6.5 million customers
500,000 active accounts
9.3 million households subscribing to PMU’s TV Channel Equidia Key facts and figures
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7. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 7 PMU International
8. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 8 Betting on French racing abroad PMU, entrusted by the French Racing Associations, sells to foreign
operators the signal of French horseracing for betting purposes
Pictures: Equidia Pro with French, English, German and Spanish commentaries
Data: Infocentre website, pull and push
IT connexion: ITSP (Win to Trio), Synchronous interface (simple and exotic bets)
PMU’s partners can offer :
its whole French racing offer
a weekly selection
a selection of trotting or gallop races
a selection of « Grands Prix »
a part of or all bets
PMU also advises operators in the marketing of that offer
9. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 9 Betting on French racing abroad Partnerships in more than 50 countries with more than $1.6 billion
handle bet outside France on French racing
Two kinds of B2B agreements:
Separate pool betting: partners generate their own pool and their own dividends on the basis of bets registered locally.
41 countries take French races on a regular basis
7 countries take a selection of French races
Common pool betting: foreign bets are pooled with French bets: 8 partners;
French speaking Switzerland Monaco
Germany Austria
Great Britain Spain
Sweden The Netherlands
10. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 10 PMU’s partners abroad (B2B)
11. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 11 Market: 2nd market in Europe for pari mutuel on horseracing ($2.6 billion handle in 2009); totalizator owned by AAMS (Ministry of Finance); race rights owned by UNIRE (Ministry of Agriculture); distribution by private operators
Italian races: 2,239 meetings in 2010, gallop and trotting
Agreement with PMU: Separate pool on French races for 10 years (330 French race meetings in 2010)
New project development: Quinté+ in common pool
Limited bet range for take out reasons
Specific information to provide to Italian players
Necessity to develop a new connexion protocol
Multiple interlocutors to deal with
12. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 12 Profile: developed horse racing markets, take the best international races
Agreement with PMU: separate pool on a selection of races (Prix de l’Arc, Prix d’Amérique)
Specific requirements
Pre race information early: post times, potential runners
Specific information
Information for promotion: pictures, video, press release
Uplink the video signal on a specific satellite
Test everything before the event (signal, data)
Organise an easy contact with PMU during races
13. Symposium on Racing & Gaming 2010 | 13.04.12 | 13 Profile: developed horse racing market, great time zone differences
Agreement with PMU: separate pool
Specific environment and needs
Communication takes more time
Specific data: content and format
Video signal: new technologies or cost sharing
Internet wagering
Night operations request automatic processes
Lower pool sizes (night or early morning)
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